TY - GEN
T1 - Second Year Report of the Atmosphere to Electrons Mesoscale to Microscale Coupling Project: Nonstationary Modeling Techniques and Assessment
AU - Churchfield, Matthew
AU - Draxl, Caroline
AU - Quon, Eliot
AU - Kotamarthi, Rao
AU - Feng, Yan
AU - Mirocha, Jeff
AU - Koo, Eunmo
AU - Linn, Rod
AU - Haupt, Sue
AU - Kosovic, Branko
AU - Brown, Barbara
AU - Anderson, Amanda
AU - Shaw, William
AU - Berg, Larry
AU - Rai, Raj
AU - Ennis, Brandon
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The purpose of the Mesoscale-Microscale Coupling (MMC) Project is to develop, verify, and validate physical models and modeling techniques that bridge the most important atmospheric scales that determine wind plant performance and reliability. Without appropriate larger scale forcing, microscale models cannot correctly capture the meteorologically dependent flow details required to optimize siting, operations, controls, and the integration of wind generated electricity. Incorporating meteorological forcing into wind plant simulation tools, on the other hand, will significantly improve viability of wind power to meet the emerging domestic and global demands for reliable, efficient, and cost-competitive energy sources. As part of DOE's Atmosphere to Electrons (A2e) program, the MMC project seeks to create a new predictive numerical simulation capability that is able to represent the full range of atmospheric flow conditions impacting wind plant performance.
AB - The purpose of the Mesoscale-Microscale Coupling (MMC) Project is to develop, verify, and validate physical models and modeling techniques that bridge the most important atmospheric scales that determine wind plant performance and reliability. Without appropriate larger scale forcing, microscale models cannot correctly capture the meteorologically dependent flow details required to optimize siting, operations, controls, and the integration of wind generated electricity. Incorporating meteorological forcing into wind plant simulation tools, on the other hand, will significantly improve viability of wind power to meet the emerging domestic and global demands for reliable, efficient, and cost-competitive energy sources. As part of DOE's Atmosphere to Electrons (A2e) program, the MMC project seeks to create a new predictive numerical simulation capability that is able to represent the full range of atmospheric flow conditions impacting wind plant performance.
KW - large-eddy simulation
KW - mesoscale-microscale coupling
KW - modeling
KW - numerical weather prediction
KW - validation
KW - wind performance
M3 - Technical Report
ER -